e-safety ..at school and at home Minety Primary School 15.1.14
Aims…. To consider what children are doing online at school To consider what children are doing online at home To explore some of the issues surrounding e-safety To provide some possible solutions
What are our children doing on the Web at school? Mathletics (on-line interactive learning) Research (search engines) Using the VLE (virtual learning environment) Supervised gaming (ICT club, golden time)
Mathletics Individual tasks set and monitored by staff for homework Live, Mathletics gaming with other children across the world Mathletics
Research
Filtering pornography
Procedures in place.....
VLE (Virtual Learning Environment) What children are doing on the VLE in school: Personalising their own web page emailing blogging Collaborating in chat rooms and forums VLE (Virtual Learning Environment)
Key Stage 2 www.thinkuknow.co.uk Children educated in e-safety from KS1 through to KS2
What are children doing on the Web at home? Gaming Messaging (hot mail) Social networking (eg. Moshi monsters) Surely all fine when done under supervision in a communal place.....
...yes, but internet is accessible from all these.....
...and how many of these are used in a bedroom?
But parents can monitor remotely.... 26% of parents can check website history 65% of young people can clear Internet history 26% of parents can deny access to specific websites 46% of children can bypass parental blocks 16% of parents think their child has seen pornography on the Internet 57% of 9-19 yr olds have come into contact with pornography on the Internet
Poor or inappropriate content or inappropriate material What are the risks? Poor or inappropriate content or inappropriate material
A stickman “game”....
Contact with unsuitable people
Potential for on-line bullying
Three Strategic Objectives for Child Internet Safety BE AWARE! Reduce Availability Restrict Access
Parental Controls (time limits) Content Advisor (content restrictions)
Free Family Safety Software http://explore.live.com/windows-live-family-safety